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Work sample Years 7-8 Italian: An imaginary animal

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 - 8 Italian: An imaginary animal. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Work sample Year 7 - 8 French: Role play – On se présente

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 and 8 Role play – On se présente. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Mentoring

Find insights into mentoring partnership models, the experiences of teachers of languages engaged in mentoring partnerships, and suggestions for developing your own mentoring partnerships. The resource includes a planning template and videos of practice.

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Work sample Year 7 - 8 French: Email to a new pen pal

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 and 8 Email to a new pen pal. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Work sample Year 7 - 8 Italian: Class speaking and writing assessment

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 - 8 Italian: Class speaking and writing assessment. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The ...

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Work sample Year 7 - 8 French: Je vous présente ma famille

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 and 8 Je vous présente ma famille. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Work sample Year 7 - 8 Italian: Presenting stationery

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 - 8 Italian: Presenting stationery. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an ...

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CLIL: What works

Strategies to support Languages teachers to implement the CLIL approach at secondary level

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Work sample Year 7 - 8 Chinese Second-Language Learner Pathway: Game constructing sentences with Chinese characters

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 and 8 Game constructing sentences with Chinese characters. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. ...

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Work sample Year 7 – 8 Japanese: Obento project

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 - 8: Obento project. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic representation ...

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Work sample Year 7 – 8 Japanese: Reading comprehension

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 - 8: Reading comprehension. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Working with language assistants

This resource provides strategies for teachers working with language assistants, and a video showing how a language assistant can facilitate diversification of classroom activities and support for senior students. The resource also provides advice for language assistants in terms of their role.

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Work sample Year 7 - 8 Chinese Second-Language Learner Pathway: Shopping role play

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 and 8 Shopping role play. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Work sample Year 7 - 8 Italian: Lost animal

This work sample demonstrates evidence of student learning in relation to aspects of the achievement standards for Year 7 - 8 Italian: Lost animal. The primary purpose for the work sample is to demonstrate the standard, so the focus is on what is evident in the sample not how it was created. The sample is an authentic ...

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Wildlife crime and the law

This sequence of five lesson ideas focuses on the concept that Australia's biosecurity and environmental wellbeing are enhanced when individuals understand the behaviours, rules and laws associated with being an environmentally responsible citizen. The resource provides students with the opportunity to explore how Australia’s ...

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School water audit (Year 7)

In this lesson sequence, students conduct a school water audit and devise an evidence-based action plan to reduce water wastage in the school. They then write a report to the school environment committee recommending three actions that the committee could take to reduce water use in the school.

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Home water use audit

In this activity, students conduct a home water audit to estimate how much water their family uses and how to reduce their water waste.

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Shadow Puppet Plays

How did shadow puppetry share Chinese culture along the Silk Road? In this unit, students will gain an understanding of the dynamics of trade in China along the Silk Road and the role of trade in urbanisation throughout the Han, Tang, and Song dynasties. They will create puppets and produce shadow puppet performances about ...

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Explaining our catchment

In this lesson sequence students use conceptual diagrams to identify features and relationships between features in the local waterway. Students create a conceptual diagram, using a hypothetical waterway from 'The story of a river'. They then create a digital conceptual diagram online using data collected from their local ...

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Visualising water quality

This lesson sequence provides a rich opportunity to discuss sustainable water management issues, particularly those related to a local catchment. Students gather and map data which allows them to answer questions and add simple environmental data such as water quality parameters to maps using Google Maps.